Madeleine McCann disappearance

German police said in June 2020 that Madeleine was assumed dead and that convicted child abuser and drug trader Christian Brueckner was likely responsible ...

He also falsified passports and was caught stealing diesel from a Portuguese harbor. But, since then, Brueckner, 45, has not been charged with any crime related to the disappearance. They were later cleared.

German police had previously said Christian Brueckner, 44, was probably responsible for toddler's disappearance in 2007.

German police received their first tip-off linking the convicted rapist to Madeleine’s case in 2013. Brueckner lived in the Algarve between 1995 and 2007 and burgled hotels and holiday flats, according to court documents seen by Reuters in 2020. Brueckner has denied being involved in the disappearance of Madeleine, who went missing from her family’s holiday apartment a few days before her fourth birthday, as her parents dined with friends at a nearby tapas bar.

After 15 years, a suspect has reportedly been charged in the disappearance of 3-year-old Madeleine McCann from a Portuguese resort.

The convicted child abuser travelled between Praia da Luz and Germany in a camper van for several years before Madeleine vanished - it is understood ...

However, there are not thought to be any immediate plans to do so. A Portuguese source added: "The legal grounds for making (Christian B) an arguido include the fact that he allegedly confessed to a friend he had snatched Madeleine and mobile phone records placed him in Praia da Luz the night she vanished." Christian B is in prison in Germany after being convicted of raping a 72-year-old woman in 2005, in the same town where Madeleine went missing.

Portuguese prosecutors said on Thursday a man had been formally identified as a suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann 15 years ...

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Police in Germany revealed in 2020 that the prime suspect was a child sex offender who was already in jail there — and that they believed he had killed her.

At one point in the investigation, Madeleine's parents were also declared arguidos. Media reports have identified that suspect as a pedophile called "Christian B" who is suspected of raping an Irish tour representative and serving a prison term in northern Germany for the rape of a 72-year-old American in Praia da Luz in 2005. The public prosecutor's office in the southern Algarve city of Portimao said the suspect, whose identity was not confirmed, was identified as an official suspect on Wednesday.

For the first time since Madeleine McCann disappeared from a resort in Portugal in 2007, Portuguese authorities say they have a formal suspect in the case.

"We should have been a family of five for all that time. Madeleine disappeared while on vacation in Praia da Luz, a coastal Portugese town, on May 3, 2007. He has not been charged in the case.

German authorities previously identified Christian Brueckner as a suspect in the case in mid-2020, and believe he is still involved.

Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? German authorities said in 2020 that Madeleine is believed to be dead and they were investigating Bruekner in connection with her death. Brueckner is currently in prison in Germany on rape and drug convictions.